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The Secular Trend in the Biological Standard of Living in the United Kingdom, 1730-1860

Year: 1993

Type: article

Abstract: Corrects some of the statistical mistakes of previous studies of the trend in the height of British soldiers in the 18th and 19th centuries. Finds that heights decreased substantially in the late-18th century in keeping with many other findings. The inference is that an incipient Malthusian crisis was threatening the United Kingdom, as it did Continental Europe on the eve of the Industrial Revolution.(This abstract was borrowed from another version of this item.)

Source: The Economic History Review

DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0289.1993.tb01325.x

Author: JOHN KOMLOS

Institutions: University of Pittsburgh, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

Language: English

Topic: Historical Economic and Social Studies

Subfield: Economics and Econometrics

Field: Economics, Econometrics and Finance

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $3,900

OpenAlex ID: W1984538656

FWCI: 15.81

Cites: 20

Cited by: 178

Related to: 10